Download Reactos 0.3.5

Version 0.3.5 of Reactos was released on Monday. The React Operating System project aims to build an open source operating system compatible with Windows NT, 2000 and XP to run Windows applications and drivers. Although a lot of software already runs smoothly on it, including Openoffice.org, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird and several games, according to the developers, the entire project is in an alpha stage and is not suitable for everyday use. on this page some screenshots of Reactos can be admired. The complete changelog for this release is here here are the highlights from this release:

Summing up the most important changes:

• Updated bootloader (FreeLdr), with some parts rewritten for better compatibility and better code maintenance
• Memory (heap and pools) fixes corruptions throughout the whole system
• Kernel: a number of critical bugs fixed over the whole kernel, and rewrite of an early initialization part of the Memory Manager
• Win32 subsystem: overall improvements in the subsystem, involving both user and kernel mode components
• Base CRT library had key parts reworked in favor of better compatibility
• Command shell (cmd.exe) improvements, especially in interpreting batch scripts
• Font changes for better metrics compatibility
• Internationalization support improvements with a keyboard layout switcher, working Regional Settings Control Panel Applet, 1st stage setup localization into quite a few languages, and more keyboard layouts added
• Almost all kernel mode drivers and user mode applications, control panel applets, DLLs were worked on, resulting in improvements, bug fixes and more functionality

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